Origin and tectonic significance of the Huangling massif within the Yangtze craton, South China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-75

  Ji, Wenbin ^a,b   Lin, Wei ^a   Faure, Michel ^c   Chu, Yang ^a   Wu, Lin ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a   Wang, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Qingchen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Cooling and uplifting history; Huangling massif; Late Mesozoic tectonics; South China; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84896549748     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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